| Edition |
Widescreen ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Based on the Kabuki play-cycle: Kanakehon Chushingura / by Izumo Takeda, Shoraku Miyoshi, and Senryu Namiki. |
| Summary |
Their lord having been tricked into committing suicide by a corrupt elder court official, a group of 47 samurai who have been forced to become ronin nurse their anger and outrage, each becoming the personification of the samurai spirit, until the time is right to avenge their dead lord's honor. |
| Cast |
Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama, Yoko Tsukasa, Chusha Ichikawa, Toshiro Mifune. |
| Credits |
Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka & Hiroshi Inagaki ; screenplay by Toshio Yasumi ; directed by Hiroshi Inagaki ; photography, Kazuo Yamada ; art direction, Kisaku Ito ; music, Akira Ifukube. |
| Note |
Presented in its 2:35:1 "Tohoscope" theatrical aspect ratio. Dolby digital mono. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in Japan in 1962. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Language |
In Japanese with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Forty-seven Rōnin -- Drama.
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Forty-seven Rōnin. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Japan -- History -- Akō Vendetta, 1703 -- Drama.
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Samurai -- Drama.
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Samurai. |
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Honor -- Drama.
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Honor. |
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Vendetta -- Drama.
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Vendetta. |
| Genre/Form |
Historical films.
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Samurai films.
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Samurai films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Foreign films.
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| Subject |
Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Motion pictures, Japanese. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Fujimoto, Masumi, 1910-1979.
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Mihashi, Tatsuya, 1923-2004.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997.
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Inagaki, Hiroshi, 1905-1980.
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Yasumi, Toshio, 1903-1991.
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Matsumoto, Hakuō, Shodai, 1910-1982.
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Kayama, Yūzō, 1937-
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Ichikawa, Chūsha, 1896-1971.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006.
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Miyoshi, Shōraku, 1696?-1772?
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Namiki, Senryū, 1695-1751.
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Takeda, Izumo, 1691-1756.
Kana-dehon Chūshingura.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Chushingura |
| Note |
Subtitle on container: Loyal 47 retainers |
| Added Title |
Loyal 47 samurai |
| Standard No. |
014381989526 |
| Music No. |
ID9895TCDVD Image Entertainment |
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